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火山

火山

Chinese

 
fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
mountain; hill
simp. and trad.
(火山)
anagram 山火

Noun

火山

  1. volcano   (Classifier: )

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (火山):

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
さん > ざん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 火山 (xwaX srɛn)

(fire) + (mountain).

Pronunciation

Noun

火山 (hiragana かざん, romaji kazan)

  1. volcano, literally "fire mountain".

Derived terms

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

火山 (hwasan) (hangeul 화산)

  1. Hanja form? of 화산, “volcano”.